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August 25, 2011

At the TCA in May, CW president Mark Pedowitz claimed that a priority at the network was the development of a new series based on a DC Comics character to replace the departing Smallville. For a time it seemed that Raven of the Teen Titans was under serious consideration, but Deadline is reporting that, instead, it could very well be a TV version of the Arnold Drake/Carmine Infantino character of Deadman. Most importantly, said show - or pilot at this stage - is going to be developed and executive produced by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke. Offers Deadline, "The project is about the spirit of a murdered man, Boston Brand, who lives on as he inhabits other people's bodies and helps them solve crises in their own lives." What Deadline fails to mention is that Brand was given the power to do this by a goddess who was offering him the opportunity to pursue the hook-handed man who had killed him (essentially making Deadman a supernatural version of TV's The Fugitive).

August 19, 2011

Clevver Movies has filed this video report that compiles the evidence that we know so far about writer/director Joss Whedon's The Avengers, and concludes that the enemy force that will bring Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye and more together will be the shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrull.

As Joss Whedon's The Avengers continues to shoot in Cleveland, a number of videos have shown up online depicting what's been going on in the streets involving Thor and Captain America, and "awesome" is too small a word to capture the feeling. Even more impressive is the fact that Marvel Entertainment/Disney doesn't seem to be freaking out about it, perhaps believing that the spreading of videos like these will nothing but help build excitement for the finished product.

IGN has offered up a variety of photos taken on location in Illinois where Zack Snyder's new Superman adventure, Man of Steel, is shooting. The impression one gets is that Clark Kent's home town will play a significant role in the film.

THE CRATERThis is purported to be the crash sight of young Kal-El's space ship following his long journey from Krypton. It's this location that Jonathan (Kevin Costner) and Martha (Diane Lane) Kent discover the child within the wreckage.

August 13, 2011

The website Thinkmcflythink.com (gotta love that name!) is reporting that Warner Bros., which had made note that a Justice League movie was on the table, is developing a Superman/Batman film. States the story, "The studio is also quietly developing a Batman/Superman team-up movie. Similar to Justice League, the Brothers Warner has wanted to get their two biggest superheroes on the same screen together for years. The closest it came to fruition was Batman vs. Superman with Wolfgang Peterson-directing from a script by Andrew Kevin Walker. That fell apart as we all know, but executives loved that script. In a classic case of covering your ass, what we're hearing is two separate incarnations are being tooled. One version where the World's Greatest Detective is firmly established and helps mentor an up-and-coming, fresh-faced Supes and vice versa. Essentially, they're hoping they can woo Christian Bale back into the cape-and-cowl for a fourth time and in case the Oscar-winner tells them, 'No thanks, I'm done!', they'll go for a new actor altogether. Both versions would feature Henry Cavill's Last Son of Krypton."Editorial Note: While an intriguing notion, any possibility of a Superman/Batman movie would be years away. At least it would seem so, given that Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises hits theatres summer 2012 and Zack Snyder's Man of Steel the following summer. Still, this would be such a preferable idea to the notion of a Justice League movie; it would just be that much more realistic... if that's not too weird a word given the context.

August 11, 2011

While at Comic-Con, Quint from Aint It Cool News scored an interview with Andrew Garfield in which the actor discussed, among other things, the responsibility inherent in portraying the dual roles of Peter Parker and Spider-Man in Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man. What follows is an excerpt from that interview. Follow the link for the full conversation. Quint: I guess the big question, the elephant in the room, is how you develop your own interpretation of Peter Parker as a character and of Spider-Man as a character. I mean, you not only have the established movie universe, but decades of different iterations of the character in comic book form. Andrew Garfield: I know. And people are still crazy about it. Quint: And to complicate it a lot of people are into the books today because of the Spider-Man movies and Tobey Maguire’s performance. Andrew Garfield: Yeah, I know. It rekindled my love for it. I was reminded about how much the comics and the cartoon series meant to me as a kid when I saw the film. When I saw that first movie, I thought “God! That symbol has meant so much to me for all my life, since I was two years old and I had my first Halloween.” Stepping into this is a number of things, you know? It’s a dream come true, for sure. I feel really lucky to have been given the opportunity. I wanted to make sure I had as much fun as possible because what I’ve found is that Peter Parker doesn’t get to have that much fun. He’s got a lot to do, he’s got a lot of stuff to clean up. Quint: Especially, I’d imagine, in the first movie of a new series of Spider-Man films. Andrew Garfield: He’s going through adolescence, which is a full time job, as we all know and have been through; that breaks you down and makes you sometimes question existence. And on top of that he gets given these powers, which on the surface to us all just seem like this ability to be stronger than you’ve always been, to be able to swing through the streets of New York City and get to experience the sensation of flight, which we’ve all dreamed about.

August 09, 2011

Zack Snyder's Superman adventure, Man of Steel is already filming, and a pair of shots have hit the web featuring Henry Cavill in both and Kevin Costner in one of them. These are apparently for sequences shot in Smallville.

August 03, 2011

Clevver Movies has filed this video report which covers director Marc Webb's feelings about the use of web shooters and the costume itself that will be featured in The Amazing Spider-Man, his reboot of the Sam Raimi franchise.

August 02, 2011

The L.A. Times' Herocomplex is reporting that acclaimed actor Laurence Fishburne has been cast in the role of Daily Planet editor Perry White in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. Notes the story, "Fishburne is the first African-American to take on the role in any of the many film, television or cartoon versions of Superman’s adventures. Last year was the 70th anniversary of the newsroom character who first appeared on The Adventures of Superman radio serial and then a few months later make his on-the-page box in the seventh issue of Superman. Fishburne, whose credits include The Matrix, Apocalypse Now and Mystic River, has just left the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation after just 2½ seasons as Dr. Raymond Langston." He'll next been seen in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion. For more, click HERE.